Value for Money

"martin" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Vernon, £70 is not bad if it is considerably better than you can buy new for £70 (not hard), But:
1, Acera is fairly entry level spec and probably obsolete now. 2, Upgrading to anything better
than this will almost certainly end up costing more than a new bike (and you'll probably get an
ally frame and rock (ish) shox to boot

if it does what you want without any large upgrade it's probably ok, Have a good look at it first
and compare it to what you can get new.

Could we stop using "ally" and say alu or aluminium, please.

Graham

martin said:

Vernon, £70 is not bad if it is considerably better than you can buy new for £70 (not hard), But:
1, Acera is fairly entry level spec and probably obsolete now. 2, Upgrading to anything better
than this will almost certainly end up costing more than a new bike (and you'll probably get an
ally frame and rock (ish) shox to boot

if it does what you want without any large upgrade it's probably ok, Have a good look at it first
and compare it to what you can get new.

Huh???

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Graham <[email hidden]> wrote:

: Could we stop using "ally" and say alu or aluminium, please.

Why? This is a pretty informal place after all.

Arthur

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"Graham" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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Could we stop using "ally" and say alu or aluminium, please.

Alu is an even nastier contraction than ally.

pedant mode on/

Its not aluminium. Its an alloy of which aluminium is a major component. Are you seriously asking
that we use aluminium alloy or even a more precise description when ally is well understood and
accurate enough to successfully convey the meaning?

/off pedant mode

T

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"Graham" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Could we stop using "ally" and say alu or aluminium, please.

Alu is an even nastier contraction than ally.

pedant mode on/

Its not aluminium. Its an alloy of which aluminium is a major component. Are you seriously asking
that we use aluminium alloy or even a more

precise

Quoted message said:

description when ally is well understood and accurate enough to

successfully

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convey the meaning?

/off pedant mode

T

Next thing you know we will be saying "Campy" instead of "Campag" !

Graham

"Graham" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:bk9fro$6u7

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Next thing you know we will be saying "Campy" instead of "Campag" !

Or even "Campag" instead of "Compagnolo". Horrors!

Tim

Graham said:

Could we stop using "ally" and say alu or aluminium, please.

How about "al"?

~PB

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if it does what you want without any large upgrade it's probably ok,

I paid a visit to the vendor and found that it was exactly what I wanted, a lightweight hybrid
bike with sufficient lugs and clearance to allow the fitting of mudguards and rear rack. What's
more the bike is essentially brand new having been ridden for little more than five miles in the
past five years.

I took a more knowledgeable cyclist with me who is now rather jealous of the addition to my garage.
My wife was not pleased however..."what do you want with three bikes?" did not require a rational
answer only an admission of stupidity and submission to a beating ;bbb-)

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Have a good look at it first and compare it to what you can get new.

Couldn't match it weight for weight for less than £250

Quoted message said:

Could we stop using "ally" and say alu or aluminium, please.

Nah. The term is in common useage. Might stick in your craw but the majority of folk know what the
term means :-)

Pete Biggs must be edykated coz e writed:

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Graham said:

Could we stop using "ally" and say alu or aluminium, please.

How about "al"?

~PB

Bauxite derivative?

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"Tony W" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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"Graham" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Could we stop using "ally" and say alu or aluminium, please.

Alu is an even nastier contraction than ally.

pedant mode on/

Its not aluminium. Its an alloy of which aluminium is a major component. Are you seriously asking
that we use aluminium alloy or even a more precise description when ally is well understood and
accurate enough to successfully convey the meaning?

It's not about the bike! (Vernon's)

Tim Downie said:

Or even "Campag" instead of "Compagnolo". Horrors!

Or maybe even "Campagnolo" instead of "Compagnolo"

perhaps I've missed something though!

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Alex Graham said:

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Or even "Campag" instead of "Compagnolo". Horrors!

Or maybe even "Campagnolo" instead of "Compagnolo"

perhaps I've missed something though!

As long as you don't call it "Crampandgoslow" I'm not bathered.

~PB

(vernon levy) said:

My wife was not pleased however..."what do you want with three bikes?"

"Another four, then I'll have one for each day of the week." is the correct answer (for a braver
man than me)

Tim
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[email hidden] (vernon levy) wrote in message
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My wife was not pleased however..."

You need to use the trick of buying a bike the same colour as your old one and hope she
won't notice.